context :
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window :
targets :
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context :
dest_window :
protocol :
x_root :
y_root :
suggested_action :
possible_actions :
time :
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xid :
protocol :
Returns :
enum GdkDragProtocol
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context :
struct GdkDragContext
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enum GdkDragAction
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context :
action :
time :
Properties and Atoms
Name
Properties and Atoms -- functions to manipulate properties on windows.
Synopsis
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Description
Each window under X can have any number of associated properties attached to it. Properties are arbitrary chunks of data identified by atoms. (An atom is a numeric index into a string table on the X server. They are used to transfer strings efficiently between clients without having to transfer the entire string.) A property has an associated type, which is also identified using an atom.
A property has an associated format, an integer describing how many bits are in each unit of data inside the property. It must be 8, 16, or 32. When data is transfered between the server and client, if they are of different endianesses it will be byteswapped as necessary according to the format of the property. Note that on the client side, properties of format 32 will be stored with one unit per long, even if a long integer has more than 32 bits on the platform. (This decision was apparently made for Xlib to maintain compatibility with programs that assumed longs were 32 bits, at the expense of programs that knew better.)
